Eleanor Worthington Cox

Eleanor Worthington Cox
Eleanor Worthington Cox in September 2018
Cox in September 2018
Born
Eleanor Winifred Worthington Cox

(2001-06-21) 21 June 2001 (age 23)
Merseyside, England, UK
NationalityBritish
OccupationActress
Years active2011–present
Known forMatilda the Musical
The Enfield Haunting

Eleanor Winifred Worthington Cox (born 21 June 2001) is an English actress from Merseyside[1] best known for portraying Matilda Wormwood in Matilda the Musical. Eleanor won a 2012 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical along with the three other child actresses playing Matilda: Cleo Demetriou, Kerry Ingram, and Sophia Kiely. Upon winning, 10-year-old Eleanor became the youngest Olivier Award winner in any category at the time.[2][3][4][5][6] She received a nomination for a British Academy Television Award for playing Janet Hodgson in The Enfield Haunting.[7][8][9][10][11] She is also known for portraying Polly Renfrew in the CBBC TV adaptation of Jacqueline Wilson's Hetty Feather and Cait in the Sky Atlantic series Britannia.[12][13]

Biography

From 2003, at the age of two, until 2012, Worthington Cox trained at the Formby School of Performing Arts.[14]

Before starring in Matilda, Worthington Cox was in the chorus for a Bill Kenwright production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Liverpool Empire.[15]

In September 2011, Worthington Cox was announced as one of four girls who would be playing the lead role of Matilda in Matilda the Musical[4][5][6] along with: Cleo Demetriou;[16][4] Kerry Ingram;[16][4] and Sophia Kiely.[16][4] She made her debut in October 2011 and performed in the show two nights a week. It was a critical success, and Matilda was nominated for 10 Olivier awards.[17] Among the nominations was Best Actress in a Musical, for which Demetriou, Ingram, Kiely, and Cox were all nominated.[2] On awards night, Matilda won seven out of the ten nominations. Cox won Best Actress in a Musical along with her co-stars and currently holds the record for the youngest winner of an Olivier award.[2][18]

Worthington Cox continued to appear in Matilda until 19 August 2012, later sharing the role with Demetriou, Hayley Canham, Jade Marner, and Isobelle Molloy.[14]

In May 2013, Worthington Cox played Scout in a stage production of To Kill a Mockingbird at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre,[19] sharing her role with Lucy Hutchinson and Izzy Lee.[20]

After finishing Matilda, Worthington Cox filmed the role of Young Princess Aurora in the film Maleficent (2014).[21]

From April to August 2015, Worthington Cox played the role of Blousey Brown in a production of Bugsy Malone at the Lyric Hammersmith.[22] This was the debut production following the theatre's reopening after a £16.5 million redevelopment project.[23]

In October 2015, Worthington Cox played Jess in Tomcat, a new play by James Rushbrooke, at Southwark Playhouse, London.[24][25]

In 2016, Worthington Cox received a British Academy Television Award nomination for her performance in the Sky One mini-series The Enfield Haunting.[10][11] She was also featured as one of Screen International's "Stars of Tomorrow", the film magazine's annual showcase highlighting outstanding young actors from the UK and Ireland.[26]

In 2018, Worthington Cox starred as Cait in Britannia.[12][13][27]

In 2018 played “Boogie” in comedy film “Action Point”

Acting credits

Film

Year Title Role Notes Ref(s)
2014 Maleficent Young Princess Aurora [21]
2018 Action Point Boogie Carver [28][29][30]
2019 Gwen Gwen [31][32][33][34][35][36]

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref(s)
2015 Cucumber Molly Whitaker Main cast [37]
The Enfield Haunting Janet Hodgson Main cast
Nominated – British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actress 		[7][8][9]
2015–16 Hetty Feather Polly Renfrew Main cast (season 1, first two episodes season 2) [38]
2018–21 Britannia Cait Main cast [12][13][27]
2021 The Irregulars Clara 1 episode [39]

Theatre

Year Production Role Notes Ref(s)
2009 Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Chorus Liverpool Empire [15]
2011 Matilda the Musical Matilda Wormwood Cambridge Theatre
25 October 2011 – 19 August 2012 		[3][4][5][6]
2013 To Kill a Mockingbird Jean Louise "Scout" Finch Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
16 May – 15 June 2013 		[19][20]
2015 Bugsy Malone Blousey Brown Lyric Hammersmith
11 April 2015 – 1 August 2015 		[22]
Tomcat Jess Southwark Playhouse
28 October 2015 – 21 November 2015 		[24]
2022 Jerusalem Phaedra Cox Apollo Theatre
16 April 2022 – 10 August 2022 		[40]
2023 The Secret Life of Bees Lily Almeida Theatre
8 April 2023 – 27 May 2023 		[41]
2023

- 2024

Next to Normal Natalie Goodman Donmar Warehouse
14 August 2023 - 7 October 2023

Wyndham’s Theatre 18 June 2024 - 21 September 2024

[42]

Accolades

Year Award Category Work Result Ref(s)
2012 WhatsOnStage.com Awards Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical (shared with Cleo Demetriou, Kerry Ingram and Sophia Kiely) Matilda the Musical Nominated [43]
2012 Laurence Olivier Award Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical (shared with Cleo Demetriou, Kerry Ingram and Sophia Kiely) Won [2][44]
2016 British Academy Television Awards Best Actress in a Supporting Role The Enfield Haunting Nominated [10][11]
2024 Laurence Olivier Award Best Actress in a Supporting Role In a Musical Next to Normal Nominated [45]

See also

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